Seyman said he was surprised to see a notice from the City of Sacramento that a weekly food truck event was in the planning process for across the street.

“I wasn't very happy about it,” Seyman said. “It’s very discouraging. The theater and the café alone need more parking than we currently have."

The event, planned by San Francisco-based Off the Grid, is slotted for a parking lot at Broadway and 16th, across from Dimple Records. It would feature up to 10 food trucks on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays.

“Right now, it's a go. And, we're appealing,” Seyman said.

Off the Grid hosts similar events at the Crocker Art Museum on Tuesdays and at The Barn in West Sacramento on Fridays.

The event company hasn't responded to KCRA requests for a comment on the parking concerns near Tower Café.

“This is a pretty active cultural area here, so there's good aspects to it,” Doughton said. “But, I don't like the crowded parking aspect to it.”

The city said the parking lot will still have 23 available spots, which meets the requirement of a restaurant of the same square footage the food trucks would take up.

But, Seyman said his two decades of experience in the area tell him that's not enough.

“To bring in another 200 to 300 cars over an 8-hour period, it just doesn't make any sense,” he said. “I'm not against food trucks, I'm just another person in this industry. I'm only opposed to this corner being a bad idea."